uwchraddio
Appearance
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From uwch- (“super-, over-”) + graddio (“to grade, to graduate”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɨ̞u̯χˈraðjɔ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɪu̯χˈraðjɔ/
Verb
[edit]uwchraddio (first-person singular present uwchraddiaf)
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Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | uwchraddiaf | uwchreddi | uwchraddia | uwchraddiwn | uwchreddiwch, uwchraddiwch | uwchraddiant | uwchreddir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | uwchraddiwn | uwchreddit | uwchraddiai | uwchraddiem | uwchraddiech | uwchraddient | uwchreddid | |
preterite | uwchreddiais | uwchreddiaist | uwchraddiodd | uwchraddiasom | uwchraddiasoch | uwchraddiasant | uwchraddiwyd | |
pluperfect | uwchraddiaswn | uwchraddiasit | uwchraddiasai | uwchraddiasem | uwchraddiasech | uwchraddiasent | uwchraddiasid, uwchraddiesid | |
present subjunctive | uwchraddiwyf | uwchreddiech | uwchraddio | uwchraddiom | uwchraddioch | uwchraddiont | uwchraddier | |
imperative | — | uwchraddia | uwchraddied | uwchraddiwn | uwchreddiwch, uwchraddiwch | uwchraddient | uwchraddier | |
verbal noun | uwchraddio | |||||||
verbal adjectives | uwchraddiedig uwchraddiadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | uwchraddia i, uwchraddiaf i | uwchraddi di | uwchraddith o/e/hi, uwchraddiff e/hi | uwchraddiwn ni | uwchraddiwch chi | uwchraddian nhw |
conditional | uwchraddiwn i, uwchraddswn i | uwchraddiet ti, uwchraddset ti | uwchraddiai fo/fe/hi, uwchraddsai fo/fe/hi | uwchraddien ni, uwchraddsen ni | uwchraddiech chi, uwchraddsech chi | uwchraddien nhw, uwchraddsen nhw |
preterite | uwchraddiais i, uwchraddies i | uwchraddiaist ti, uwchraddiest ti | uwchraddiodd o/e/hi | uwchraddion ni | uwchraddioch chi | uwchraddion nhw |
imperative | — | uwchraddia | — | — | uwchraddiwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
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uwchraddio | unchanged | unchanged | huwchraddio |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “uwchraddio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies